Black Holes: A Laboratory for Testing Strong Gravity / by Cosimo Bambi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bambi, Cosimo, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astrophysics.

Gravitation.

Classical and Quantum Gravity.

Local Subjects:

Astrophysics.

Classical and Quantum Gravity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XV, 340 p. 123 illus., 117 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2017.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.

Summary:

This textbook introduces the current astrophysical observations of black holes, and discusses the leading techniques to study the strong gravity region around these objects with electromagnetic radiation. More importantly, it provides the basic tools for writing an astrophysical code and testing the Kerr paradigm. Astrophysical black holes are an ideal laboratory for testing strong gravity. According to general relativity, the spacetime geometry around these objects should be well described by the Kerr solution. The electromagnetic radiation emitted by the gas in the inner part of the accretion disk can probe the metric of the strong gravity region and test the Kerr black hole hypothesis. With exercises and examples in each chapter, as well as calculations and analytical details in the appendix, the book is especially useful to the beginners or graduate students who are familiar with general relativity while they do not have any background in astronomy or astrophysics.

Contents:

Introduction

Black Hole Solutions

Motion around Black Holes

Astrophysical Black Holes

Thin Accretion Disks

Thermal Spectrum of Thin Disks

Relativistic Iron Line

Quasi-Periodic Oscillations

Parametrization of the Background Metric

Observational Constraints.

ISBN:

981-10-4524-0

OCLC:

1066193044